STORY: Foreign companies see great potential in China's ice cream industry
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 27, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:06
LOCATION: TIANJIN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Ice Cream China 2024 exhibition
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NATALIIA SHTYREVA, Deputy director general for foreign economic activity of export department of TD Iceberry LLC
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALBERT VEGA DURAN, Overseas sales of IBK Tropic
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DAI DAN, Communication Manager of Tetra Pak Greater China

STORYLINE:

The Ice Cream China 2024 exhibition featuring new products and technologies wrapped up in China's Tianjin on Saturday. 

The three-day exhibition has attracted more than 450 domestic and international companies and over 1,000 business people from over 50 countries, with activities including new product releases, professional seminars and business matchmaking.

Overseas exhibitors attending the event have expressed confidence in the potential of the Chinese ice cream market. 

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NATALIIA SHTYREVA, Deputy director general for foreign economic activity of export department of TD Iceberry LLC
"This is the first time for us to attend this exhibition. Chinese market is really competitive and there are lots of local producers. We would like to find a potential partner to develop the Chinese market."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALBERT VEGA DURAN, Overseas sales of IBK Tropic
"China is a huge market, a very important market. So what we try to do is to adapt ourselves to China, to the Chinese market by trying to see what are the trends here, what flavors the Chinese people like most."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DAI DAN, Communication Manager of Tetra Pak Greater China
"We are a multinational company that originated in Sweden. We started our ice cream business in China in the 1980s to 1990s. Our company is committed to give our Chinese ice cream manufacturers a one-stop solution. At present, from the perspective of market trend, consumers have higher requirements for the taste and quality of ice cream, and they also hope to have more abundant and diversified products. Our ice cream equipment and process method can better provide a very complex ice cream manufacturing solution. So our equipment is very popular in the Chinese market. For us, the Chinese market definitely is important, and we are optimistic about its potential."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China.
(XHTV)